Zimbabwe has separated the person selling the investment story from the person controlling the public purse, placing businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei in charge of Economic Development and Investment Pr

Glencore Plc, the Switzerland-based mining and commodity trading group listed in London and Johannesburg, will begin trading in Sydney on October 14, widening its investor base as it advances multibil

Cold Storage Company, Zimbabwe’s state-owned meat processor under the Mutapa Investment Fund, has increased daily cattle slaughter by 140% to approximately 120 following refurbishment of its Bulawayo

Zimbabwe is building a US$500 million drought protection buffer comprising cash and grain reserves ahead of the anticipated 2026/27 El Niño season, Finance Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga said

Nedbank Limited has secured approval to list R75 million in senior unsecured notes on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on 16 October 2026, adding funding maturing in December 2031 through its Structure

Zimbabwe has proposed the establishment of a regional Circular Economy Fund to finance industrial modernisation, recycling infrastructure and cleaner manufacturing across the Common Market for Eastern

Zimbabwe’s preparation of the 2027 National Budget faces a difficult fiscal calculation as new International Monetary Fund research finds that broad food subsidies can cost approximately six times as

Zimbabwe has secured US$16.82 million in pandemic preparedness financing at a time when nearly three-quarters of its population lacks access to safely managed drinking water, exposing the scale of the

Zimbabwe's registered vehicle fleet has expanded by nearly 469,000 vehicles over five years, reaching 1.52 million in 2025, as the country's road infrastructure and public transport system face increa

Zimbabwe's Small and Medium Enterprises Development Corporation (SMEDCO) is positioning itself to access pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors following an independent c

Zimbabwe's diamond sales surged 249.9% to US$71.61 million during the first ten months of 2026, but a sustained decline in the value realised from each carat continues to constrain the industry's rec

Zimbabwe's occupational pension funds were owed US$181.78 million in outstanding contributions at the end of June 2026, an increase of US$55.52 million in six months that has exposed persistent weakne

ZESA is cutting jobs as part of a government-approved restructuring that combines ZESA Holdings, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZE

Invictus Energy has moved its drilling rig to the Musuma-1 exploration site in Zimbabwe's Cabora Bassa Basin, bringing the company closer to testing a gas prospect estimated to contain 1.2 trillion cu

Zimbabwe's public transport recovery has returned to a 500 bus procurement commitment first announced in October 2023, with the Mutapa Investment Fund now targeting delivery of 185 vehicles before the

Zimbabwe's mining industry is emerging as a significant financier of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), with producers increasingly funding rolling stock and railway infrastructure to secure tra

Zimbabwe is participating in the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Türkiye, with approximately US$29.3 billion in identified climate mitigation and adaptation investment requi

Zimbabwe's National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has raised its minimum monthly retirement pension to US$90, bringing the annual income of a beneficiary receiving the minimum to US$1,080. The adju

The IMF projects 2027 revenue at US$12.5 billion and expenditure of US$12.4 billion, with a cash primary surplus of approximately US$397 million needed for scheduled debt service. The Budget will ther

Southern Africa is entering another potentially difficult agricultural season with climate authorities warning of below normal rainfall across large parts of the region, while governments and humanita